Penguin Random House

Penguin Young Readers

216 books across 4 levels of Penguin Random House's Penguin Young Readers, spanning 130L–720L. Each band below is measured from the books in that level, not from the number on the cover.

Books
216
Levels
4
Typical range
130L–720L
Level 1
130L–190L
Level 2
280L–420L
Level 3
410L–510L
Level 4
550L–720L

Each bar covers the middle half of the Lexile measures in that level. Neighbouring levels overlap on purpose — that is what the data shows, and it is why a reader finishing one level is rarely at the bottom of the next.

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Book counts and ranges come from the approved titles on each shelf.

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A level only means something inside its own program. These pages work across the whole catalog, so a reader who has run out of one program has somewhere to go.

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